Have an iPhone? Now you can discover all sorts of cool Japanese products with the new FlutterScape iPhone app!

Starting today it is now cheaper to buy awesome stuff from Japan using FlutterScape. That’s because today we completely eliminated our handling fee.

Until now we applied a 300 yen plus five percent fee on all orders for inspecting, packaging, and processing. Now we charge nothing. In other words, our love and care is totally free!

If you look around you’ll find no other Japan buying service offers this :)

Recently the FlutterScape community has been sharing so many great product discoveries we felt it only fitting to highlight each user’s activities on a newly redesigned profile page!

The new profile page is bigger an better in every way. Now both the profile picture and the product pictures are larger and more beautiful! Also, user can now see recent product comments and conveniently search through their products and Wants by tags and keywords.

Completely new to the profile page is a customizable banner. This allows users and merchants to show off their personality through whatever image they like.

We hope you love the new profile page! It’s just the first of many new additions coming to FlutterScape.

Categorize this under wacky.

Have you ever wished your cucumbers were just a bit more exciting? These plastic cucumber molds aim to liven up your next salad by shaping the long, green veggie as stars and hearts.

But don’t get hungry yet. The molding process takes some time. That’s because in order to become shaped like a star the cucumber must grow into the mold while on the vine.

The big question is how does it taste? To answer that you’ll have to try it out to find out. See more about the cucumber molds on FlutterScape.

This game is amazing! Skip to 1:33 to see gameplay.

See the sushi spin game on FlutterScape.

Many FlutterScape users in Japan have no problem picking great products to sell on FlutterScape. It’s as if they have a sixth sense of what is in demand or what will be popular. Unfortunately, other users struggle a bit to tap into what will be a hit. For those users this tip is for you.

Sell things that are newsworthy.

This may just seem like the problem rephrased instead of advice. How exactly do you know what is newsworthy? Well, simply look at the news.

There are news sites and fan sites for nearly every kind of product. There are sites dedicated to covering the release of every new kind of camera or sites focused on indie sneakers. You can find denim fan sites and communities surrounding erasers shaped like food. Seriously, there is a site for just about everything.

When something new is announced in both big markets and niche markets you can be sure the expert or super fan of that product will hear about it first. If they cover the product on their site then it likely warrants the attention and is probably worth your consideration. 

Take for instance Hypebeast.com which was one of the first sites to write about the release of a new backpack in Japan by the brand BRIEFING:

So dig deep in a niche market you’re interested in and find some sites covering the latest products. When something new is announced from Japan post it on FlutterScape. Soon enough you’ll have these super fans and their readership coming to your FlutterScape page thanking you for selling their latest must-have item.